Periodic Elements Named After Locations

There are 41 elements that are named after locations - can you guess them all?
Not all locations are necessarily on Earth!
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Americium
Berkelium
Californium
Cerium
Copper
Darmstadtium
Dubnium
Erbium
Europium
Francium
Gallium
Germanium
Hafnium
Hassium
Helium
Holmium
Indium
Livermorium
Lutetium
Magnesium
Manganese
Mercury
Moscovium
Neptunium
Nihonium
Palladium
Phosphorus
Plutonium
Polonium
Rhenium
Ruthenium
Scandium
Selenium
Strontium
Tellurium
Tennessine
Terbium
Thulium
Uranium
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Named After
The Americas
Berkeley, California
California
Ceres (dwarf planet)
Cyprus
Darmstadt, Germany
Dubna, Russia
Ytterby, Sweden
Europe
France
Gaul, the ancient name for France
Germany
Hafnia, Latin name for Copenhagen
German state of Hesse
Sun (Helios)
Stockholm, Sweden
India (Latin indicum)
Livermore, California
Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris
Magnesia, Greece
Magnesia, Greece
Mercury (planet)
Moscow Oblast
Neptune (planet)
Japan (Nihon)
Pallas (asteroid)
Venus (ancient Greek name)
Pluto (dwarf planet)
Poland
Rhine River (Europe)
Ruthenia, medieval region near modern Ukraine and Russia
Scandinavia
Moon (Ancient Greek)
Strontian, Scotland
Earth (Latin)
Tennessee
Ytterby, Sweden
Thule (cartographic region possibly including Iceland and Greenland)
Uranus (planet)
Ytterby, Sweden
Ytterby, Sweden
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